Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
| Variable | Unemployment Duration (%/n) | t (p) | |
| Short-term N = 234 | Long-term N = 195 | ||
| Gender | |||
| Males | 34.2/80 | 37.4/73 | 0.69 (sn) |
| Females | 65.8/154 | 62.6/122 | 0.69 (sn) |
| Age group | |||
| 16–24 | 19.2/45 | 8.7/17 | 3.21 (p < 0.01) |
| 25–34 | 27.4/64 | 21.0/41 | 1.55 (sn) |
| 35–44 | 25.2/59 | 31.3/61 | 1.40 (sn) |
| 45–54 | 21.8/51 | 30.8/60 | 2.11 (p < 0.05) |
| 55–64 | 6.4/15 | 8.2/16 | 0.71 (sn) |
| Education level | |||
| Primary | 2.1/5 | 1.0/2 | 0.93 (sn) |
| Incomplete secondary | 4.3/10 | 9.2/18 | 1.99 (p < 0.05) |
| Secondary – professional | 23.1/54 | 34.4/67 | 2.58 (p < 0.01) |
| Secondary | 29.1/68 | 25.1/49 | 0.93 (sn) |
| College level | 20.1/47 | 19.0/37 | 0.29 (sn) |
| University degree | 21.4/50 | 11.3/22 | 2.88 (p < 0.01) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 26.1/61 | 23.6/46 | 0.60 (sn) |
| Cohabitation without marriage | 4.3/10 | 9.7/19 | 2.16 (p < 0.05) |
| Married | 49.6/116 | 46.7/91 | 0.60 (sn) |
| Divorced | 17.5/41 | 17.9/35 | 0.11 (sn) |
| Widowed | 2.6/6 | 2.1/4 | 0.34 (sn) |
| Residence area | |||
| Urban | 91.0/213 | 84.6/165 | 2.01 (p < 0.05) |
| Rural | 9.0/21 | 15.4/30 | 2.01 (p < 0.05) |
n – number of observed persons
p – significance level comparing short-term and long-term unemployment groups
sn – statistically non-significant
t – Student (t) criteria